Call the Midwife
Season 5 Episode Guide
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8
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Episode Directory
Season 5 episodes
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Episode 1
Jan 17, 2016
As Easter approaches, the midwives are shook by a baby born with severe deformities. Trixie begins teaching keep-fit classes, but she starts questi...
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Episode 2
Jan 24, 2016
A struggling dockworker's wife is forced into making a difficult decision about her upcoming birth, also putting pressure on Barbara who faces the...
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Episode 3
Jan 31, 2016
A closely knit family may be broken apart when a outbreak of typhoid erupts and there's suspicions over the carrier. Sister Winfred faces a dilemma...
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Episode 4
Feb 7, 2016
Sister Julienne is on secondment and is amazed by the medical advances in use at a busy local hospital. A traumatic birth however soon leads her to...
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Episode 5
Feb 14, 2016
New mother Roseanne's past continues to haunt her, wreaking havoc on her family life, and a back injury forces Violet to put her beloved shop in th...
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Episode 6
Feb 21, 2016
A spate of violent attacks on women impacts directly on the residents of Nonnatus House. A secret pregnancy threatens the life of a young girl.
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Episode 7
Feb 28, 2016
Dr Turner prepares for the introduction of the contraceptive pill, while Patsy struggles to help a Bargee woman who is determined to give birth amo...
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Episode 8
Mar 6, 2016
Poplar is shaken as the cause of recent infant deformities is revealed, whilst a tragedy throws Nonnatus House into disarray.